Scholarship Winners 2025
Supporting College Goals
In recent years, only 50% of Affton graduates attended a two-year college and 25% enrolled in four-year schools, choices often made due to economic realities. The Affton Education Foundation serves to inspire students to attend the college of their first choice where they can achieve their educational goals.
The Foundation awards up to six $2,500 renewable college scholarships to qualifying Affton High graduates each year, funding them from gifts and income from the Foundation endowment fund. Principally through a 5 year matching challenge grant from William (’63) and Nancy (’65) Thompson, the Foundation’s endowment fund has now grown to in excess of $1.7 million. In addition to these scholarships, the Foundation also awards two full tuition, four-year scholarships funded by separate alumni endowments: The Coach Don Kuhn Endowed Scholarship to Westminster College, funded by Kent (’58) and Judy (Laudenslager - '61) Mueller and the Rickli Family Endowed Scholarship to Truman Sate University, funded in honor of Miss Doris Ahrens by Kenneth ('58) and Cathy Rickli.
In 2013, the Jim Hoots Memorial Scholarship was established to provide college scholarship funds to a student who has displayed outstanding leadership, dedication and sportsmanship while participating in an Affton High School sponsored athletic program. Funded by the family and friends of Jim Hoots ('67), the scholarship awards $2,500, renewable for 3 years.
Since the fall of 2010, the Foundation has sponsored a series of overnight college campus visits for AHS students. Attended by Affton juniors and seniors, the trips serve to educate and inform students as to their various post-secondary options, as well as to provide an opportunity that many might not otherwise be able to experience. Meeting with students, professors and college presidents has been truly life-changing for these students.
To donate to any of the scholarship funds listed above, click on the “Donate Now” button on the left hand side. Thank you for your generosity to our Affton students!
Affton Education Foundation Scholarship
Art Hill Dedication Scholarship
The Art Hill Dedication Scholarship, established in 2019, honors longtime AHS Coach Art Hill. Each year it provides a $2,500 renewable scholarship to an Affton scholar athlete. The 2025 recipient is:
Jim Hoots Memorial Scholarship
A proud 1967 graduate of Affton High School, and a much beloved teacher and coach, Jim Hoots passed away in October 2013. In an effort to keep his legacy alive, the Jim Hoots Memorial Scholarship has been established to provide college funds for Affton High School scholar athletes. The 2025 recipient is:
The Rickli Family Endowed Scholarship to Truman State University in Kirksville, MO
The Rickli Family Endowed Scholarship, funded by Ken and Kathy Rickli and dedicated to Doris Ahrens, provides a renewable, full tuition scholarship to Truman State University. The 2025 recipients are:
The Coach Don Kuhn Endowed Scholarship to Westminster College in Fulton, MO
Funded by Kent ('58) and Judy ('61) Mueller. The 2025 recipient is:
